Barry Bermange, who directs most of his own plays, is credited with creatingseveral "sound inventions" for radio. Also working as composer, he synchronized various words and phrases with electronic music to produce innovative music-drama. In addition, the author's television play International, a controversial work on football violence, was ultimately banned by the BBC.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Occupation

playwright

Birth Details

November 7, 1933

London, England

Famous Works

Credits; Plays

No Quarter, broadcast on radio, 1962, produced on stage in London,1964, published in No Quarter and The Interview, Methuen, 1969.

Nathan and Tabileth (one-act; also see below), broadcast on radio,1962; produced on stage at Edinburgh Festival and in London, 1967, publishedin Nathan and Tabileth, Oldenberg, Methuen, 1967.

Oldenberg (one-act), broadcast on television, 1967, produced on stage at Edinburgh Festival and in London, 1967, published in Nathan and Tabileth, Oldenberg, Methuen, 1967.

The Interview, broadcast on television, 1968, produced on stage inLondon, 1969, published in No Quarter and The Interview, Methuen, 1969.

Scenes from Family Life, broadcast on television, 1969, produced on stage in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, 1974, published in Collection: Literature for the Seventies, edited by Gerald and Nancy S. Messner, Heath,1972.

Invasion, broadcast on television, 1969, published in No Quarter and The Interview, Methuen, 1969.

Also author of other plays, including The Cloud (full-length), produced on stage in London, 1964; Four Inventions (includes The Dreams, The Evenings of Certain Lives, Amor Dei, and The After-Life; also see below), broadcast on radio, 1964-65, produced as Darkness Theatre, London, 1969; Tramp, broadcast on German television, 1968; International (teleplay), 1970; Oh Starlings, produced on stage in London, 1971; Stars (teleplay), 1976; Warcries (radio play; also see below), produced on stage in Donaueschingen, 1981; The Soldiers (radio play; also see below), produced on stage in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, 1985; The Dreams, Warcries, Klaenge am Mikrophon (also see below), produced on stage in Kassel, Germany, 1987; The Situation; and Bones. Author of additional radio plays, including The Voice of the Peanut, 1960; Never Forget a Face, 1961; A Glass of Lemonade, 1962; The Imposters series, 1962; The Mortification, 1964; The Detour, 1964; Letters of a Portuguese Nun, 1966; As a Man Grows Older, 1967; Neues vom Krieg, 1969 (Germany); S.O.S. (also seebelow), 1977 (Netherlands), 1978 (UK); Social Welfare, 1979; FourInventions (Reconstruction I), 1983 (Netherlands); Klaenge am Mikrophon (also see below), 1985 (Germany); Testament (also see below), 1985 (Germany); Le Desir, 1986 (Germany), Radioville (also see below), 1987 (Germany); Der gelbe Klang, 1987 (Germany), Annulamento, 1987 (Germany). Adapter of Paths of Glory, from the novel by Humphrey Cobb, 1965.

Credits; Music

Composer of acoustic music for stage and radio plays, including Amor Dei, S.O.S., Warcries, The Soldiers, Testament, The Dreams, Klaenge am Mikrophon, and Radioville. Composer of music for Nathan and Tabileth.